Title: The Person God cherishes
(If anyone wants to serve me, follow me; where I am, there are those who serve me.
If a man serves me, my Father will honor him.)
(John 12:26)
1. What kind of person is God cherished?
Different people try to elevate themselves.
So, he tried to exaggerate his own history and inflated his abilities.
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Act like you have even if you don't have it
Act as if you know a lot without knowing it.
In this way, people glorify themselves with lies. And people like this
is also valued.
So, I prefer a flashy resume, try to hire people based on their abilities, and own
The evaluation is different depending on the circumstances.
But God does not value the outward appearance of people, but looks into the inside.
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So it is God who examines the heart.
Examining the heart means the attitude of the heart toward God.
God looks at the attitude of the heart toward you.
You are looking out for people who have that kind of heart.
The Bible expresses such a heart with the word 'serve'. That is, God serves you.
values those who 'Serving' has many meanings, but if you look at today's text, you can think of a few concrete things.
2. Living by serving God means exalting God.
In fact, living like this is very difficult at times.
As the Korean saying goes, when things go well, they say it's their fault, and when things don't go well, it's because of their ancestors.
Like I said, if I succeed, people boast that I did it because I did well.
You will have to watch out for this. It is this kind of person that God hates the most.
First, God honors those who exalt themselves with humility.
It is said that God honors those who exalt Himself.
Eli, the priest, loved his children more than God when he was in charge of the priesthood.
He said, "...Now saith the Lord, I will honor those who honor me.
I will despise those who despise me” (1 Samuel 2:30).
God honors those who honor him.
This is undoubtedly true. Look at the famous scientists of the world!
All are those who honor the name of God.
This lesson is also found in the case of Saul.
How was he chosen to be Israel's first king?
Because he was humble.
What did he say when he was chosen to be king?
“Saul answered and said, I am a Benjamin, the least of the tribe of Israel.
Come, is not my family the weakest of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin?
Why do you say this to me?" he humbly declined.
How humble!
However, after becoming king, he became arrogant and was rejected by God.
God still is.
In the church, you have to be humble to be recognized.
No matter how powerful or knowledgeable you may be, if you are arrogant, throw it away.
Even if you have money, if you are proud, God will defeat such a person.
The decisive mistake of King Saul was that he had the authority of the king to make sacrifices that only priests could do.
it was one thing That was the reason I fell outside the eyes of God.
Second, God values those who do His work.
Doing God's work means following the Lord.
Following the Lord means doing His work.
What is the Lord's work?
The purpose of the Lord's work is to come to save sinners.
And that is God's work.
More specifically, it is to carry out the work of the church, which is the body of the Lord.
Through the church, it is not about profiting yourself or showing your honor, but
Sacrificing for the society, giving one's time and material, and serving with one's own efforts
means that In other words, it means participating in the work of the Lord in any way.
there are people I don't know where I was so disappointed by the pastor, but
There are people who have become twisted in their fundamental attitude.
it's an award Isn't that just a pastor?
Not in the choirs, in the deacons, or in the elders?
In some churches, the elders had robbed the building offerings.
We must not do the Lord's work with that negative attitude.
In the words of Pastor Mo, who is pastoring in the local area now, the old believers were
I never thought of pursuing any profit, but these days, among church officers,
I hear that there are cases where the West also wants to benefit directly from the church.
There was an elder who was almost in charge of the construction and construction of the church.
There was a lot of resentment, so I entrusted the work to someone else to make it fair, and that was the cause.
I've heard that it's going to bite and droop every now and then. The church has become like this
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However, rather than dealing with the servants of the Lord in such a way, an eye that can see more actively
hope they open God is good, bad, good or bad, all
Because he is the God who judges on the last day.
Third, God values those who live together with the Lord.
What is Donggo Dongnak?
It means always being together.
It means to die but live with Sana.
God values those who live with the Lord for the rest of their lives, whether they die or not.
Everyone!
What is the meaning of the phrase 糟糠之妻? Song Hong-jeon from the Later Han Book of China
(宋弘傳), which is a word from 宋弘傳, which means a wife who shared meals with lees and rice bran.
it means
In other words, it means a wife who lived with her through hardships when she was poor. So I threw away Jo Kang-ji
said he couldn't
This means a person who leads a life of all-weather faith.
It means being with the Lord in times of trouble or in times of joy.
But this is not as easy as it sounds. When it's painful and sad, I'd rather pray to the Lord
There are people leaving.
In our religious life, we value those who have such faith like Jo Kang-ji-cheo.
When I am in pain, I look at the face of the Lord and endure it. When I cry, I hold onto the cross of the Lord.
Cherish those who cry together.
3. What are the blessings that God values people?
① Where the Lord is, let me be with you.
This is clearly stated in today's text.
Where will the Lord dwell and dwell?
We tend to think only of a glorious future heavenly throne. However, in this world
Rather, it may be the seat of contempt and disdain. Because seeing the Lord's earthly life
then it is easy to know
For 33 years he lived with a poor carpenter's family. And in the powerless masses
had to stand
In the eyes of the high priests and elders who held the church authority at the time, they were rebels against the older generation.
Or, he looked like a traitor. So I saw it as a challenge to the school authority and decided to kill it.
each was On the other hand, the crowd who followed him will enjoy any vicarious satisfaction from him.
rushed in front of him to see. That's why our Lord wants to distance himself from these masses
said
Therefore, communion with the Lord may be the lonely way of the cross. series of pain
may be So they try to avoid this path.
② Let them participate in what the Lord is doing.
As revealed in the Book of Revelation, when you judge the world, you sit on the jury's seat.
It is said that the 24 elders also sit there on the throne of judgment (Rev 4:4).
When you judge the world, you become a jury.
What a great thing this is!
Servants who sacrificed for the work of the Lord, those who did not receive the mark of the beast.
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Among the elders of our church, I hope to be among the 24 elders.
③ It helps us to know the will and thoughts of the Lord.
It means that we can discern the will of the Lord by giving us spiritual discernment through the Holy Spirit.
“The Holy Spirit, whom you will send in my name, who will teach you all things, and I will
He will remind you of everything he has said” (John 14:26).
It is a word of caution to servants who are sensitive to the influence of the Holy Spirit, but it is a mysterious state.
There are often cases where So there is the gift of prophecy, and there is the gift of teaching.
there is also
By doing so, they do not touch sin.
The proud set themselves on the road to destruction,
Those whom God cherishes are brought back from the path of destruction.
In the end, like a tree planted by a stream, it bears fruit in its season, and its leaves wither.
make it not And make everything prosper.
And it is passed on to their descendants for thousands of generations.
Conclusion.
Don't just try to be honored in the sight of men, but be honored by God
let's go In order to be honored by God, we must first be humble and secondly be humble.
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No matter how rich you are, if you see the possibility of becoming a vessel for humility, God will
Have a drink. I believe so. So you gain confidence. believe these days
Even people who don't know it say it's a Jin Insa Daecheonmyeong, but they do everything they have to do as a human being.
As the saying goes, the next time you wait for the command from heaven, those who believe
there is nothing more to say
After we have done all we have to do as human beings to be honored in the sight of God,
Next, we will see what God is doing.
I hope that all of us will become people whom God cherishes. ♣